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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Let the Good Times Roll? IT Spending on.

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IT Spending on the Rise, But Executives Remain Economic-Focused A recent IT spending survey from Forrester confirms that 2010 remained a tough year for IT. As could be expected, Forrester indicates that the majority of 2010 IT spending went to support existing operations – essentially “keeping the lights on&#.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Social Media ROI a Requirement for 2011

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Resources Alineans Social Media ROI Calculator can help: [link] (Free to use and see results onlune, registration required to download customized report) Source: Marketers Optimistic About Finding Social Media ROI (Mashable, February 09, 2011) Posted by Tom Pisello at 10:32 AM Email This BlogThis! The Forgotten Sales Profess.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload.

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As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling. In today’s frugal environment, buyers don’t always have the resources to research issues or frameworks to understand what might ail them.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Hard and Soft ROI - The differences and.

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Moving the task from a highly skilled expensive resource to less expensive resources The direct benefits are often easy to quantify, and as such there is usually little risk in considering 100% of the expected cost avoidance or productivity improvements in the ROI calculation (ROI = net benefits / cost). The Forgotten Sales Profess.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

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Now, in B2B, we have seen a similar dramatic shift towards prospects taking charge of the buying cycle, using on-line content marketing, resources and tools to drive research, comparisons and purchase decisions. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E. Accelerate Slow Sales Cycles with More Sales Enabl.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: TCA Champ - Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server?

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More importantly, since innovation is only 10% of the typical IT budget today, reducing ongoing management costs can help reallocate precious resources and budgets to more innovative tasks and projects – delivering true business value. IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales E. The Forgotten Sales Profess.

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How to Build a Business Case for ABM

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For those who have fully adopted ABM, our recent State of ABM report indicates that these organizations will maintain or increase resources to their ABM programs in 2021. We’re here as advocates for those executing account-based programs, but we’re also here as a resource for the teams looking to get started. – Demand Gen Report.